Relationships in ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the

Night-time

Describe three important

relationships in the novel.
Comment upon the characters and
how they behave towards one
another.
Use PEE to answer this question,
using connectives to order your
ideas.
Linking Contrasting

Similarly On the other

hand
Likewise
By contrast
Also
However
Moreover
Yet
Furthermore
Whereas

Although
 Alternatively

Level AF2: Pick out important ideas and quotations from texts to
explain key ideas.

3 Understand the most obvious point. Use some quotes from the text
(but may not be focussed).

4 Find some important information. Use quotes to back up some ideas.

5 Find most of the important information from different places in the

text. Use relevant quotes to back up ideas.

6 Explore the information you have found. Summarise the information

you have found from different places in the text. Make clear points
and developed, detailed arguments. Use focussed quotes.

7 Clearly explain sophisticated ideas with analytical reference to text

drawing on knowledge from other sources.

Level AF3: “Read between the lines” to understand feelings and

motivations of characters.
 3 Explain what a text is about. Make simple comments about what
happens in a text. Explain what you think about the text and how it
makes you feel.

4 Explain what is hinted at in a text (for example, about a character,

place, idea, topic or theme).

5 Use quotes to help explain what is hinted at in a text.

6 Explore how a text may mean different things to different people, and
could affect people in different ways. Explain with focussed quotes
what those things could be.

7 Develop a sophisticated interpretation of a text and its effects.

Introduction

From what you know about Christopher’s condition, write a general introduction
on what you know about Christopher’s struggle with relationships.

Christopher and Father

Point

Evidenc
e

Christopher’s father is very caring towards Christopher. ‘He held up his

right hand and spread his fingers out in a fan’ (p.21) Christopher’s father
arrives at the police station and immediately makes a gesture to show
Christopher he loves him, rather than being angry at him. This shows that
Christopher’s father has a good knowledge of Christopher’s condition and
can understand why Christopher behaved the way he did.

Exploration
(Refer to Extract 1)

Moreover, Christopher’s father is often patient, logical and understanding

of Christopher’s condition in a serious situation. For example
‘…………………………………………………………………’ This reveals that
father understands that Christopher’s discovery of his mother being alive
will affect him in a way that he may not understand, but father maintains
his patience, even though he himself is experiencing a lot of powerful
emotions.

(Refer to Extract 2)

However, Christopher’s father is not always this caring. For example

‘…………………………………………………………………………………………’ This
shows
that……………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………….

Now, using the PEE model (as above), explore how Christopher behaves towards
Father (you may wish to compare his behaviour at the beginning and towards
the end of the novel.)

(Refer to extracts 3 and 4)

Christopher and Mother

A third relationship of your choice